Improvement in cultivators and plows



S. F. SEELY.

Cultivator.

No. 84,911 Patented Dec. 15, 1868.

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SAMUEL F. SEE'LY, or WHITE]? 0RD, MICHIGAN. Letters PatentNo. 84,911,dated December 15:, 1868; em'tedated December- 11,1868.

MPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS AND FLOWS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and maldng part of thesame.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. SEELY, of Whiteford, 1n the county ofMonroe, and State of Michigan,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in a making a part of thisspecification.

- .Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. 7 Figure 2 is a planor top view of the same". 7 Like letters indicate similar parts in eachfigure.

This invention is designed .to improve and perfect my'cultivator andplow, as secured to me by.Letters Patent, issued August 6, A. D. 1867,and numbered 67,595, and relates to the adjustability of all the partsof the apparatus, more perfectly than the apparatus originally patented,as above described.

A represents the beam, made of any suitable material, provided at eitherend with a tenon, B, and cam-levers, G.

The handles D are pivoted,'at their forward ends,

to the beam, and are connected bya cross-rod, E, to

which is attached the slotted arm F, the slot G of which, rectangular inform, is intended to slip on thetenon B, on the rear end of the beam,where it is held in any desired position by means of the cam-lever O,pivoted upon the end of the tenon. The front end. of the beam'is' alsoprovided with a slotted slide, H, which fits and plays upon the tenon B,at the front end of said beam, and is secured in positionby thecam-lever G", pivoted upon the tenon at the front end of the beam.

Instead of the tcnons and cam-levers heretofore described, I may usebolts in the ends of the beam, which may pass through the slotted armand slotted slide, and they may be secured in position'by a hand, orsquare nut, if preferred.

To the beam A is attached the standard I, by means I of a bolt and nut,J, whiclrbolt passes up through the cap of the standard and the beam, insuch a manner that the direction of the standard may be adjusted andchanged, as may be desired.

To the front of this standard I is attached, by a proper eye and ring,K, the draught-rod L, leading thence forward through the slotted slideH, and is provided with a suitable device, M, to which to attach a team.

' To the bottom of the standard I is attached, by -a suitable bolt, N, adiamond-shaped share, 0, having two inclined sides, as shown in thedrawing."

The foot of the standard I should be made V-shaped, the point projectingforward, and provided with suitable lugs and holes through them, towhich to attach, by suitable bolts, the wings-P, one upon-either side,

' whose inner ends should be bevelled to fit the angles 'of the sides ofthe share, which is adjustable, so that when the point is worn oii, theshare maybe changed end for end.

Thewings, at their rear extremities, should be attached, by proper boltsand nuts, to 'the braces R, which lead to and are attached to thestandard. By

securing the wings in the manner described, when required, they caneasily be removed for sharpening, or, when worn' out, exchanged fornew'ones.

For certain purposes, it may be deemed best to use "a flat share inplace of the one described. Oonse- 'quently, I do not confine myselftothe use of the share 0, but may usefla flat one, of suitable shape, asshown in red lines in the drawings, and whose edges may project over theends of the wings, as fully shown.

7 What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent,is

l; The tenon B, the camlever O, the slotted arm ll, in connection withthe cross-rod E, when operating substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

2. The share O,'wings P, and braces It, in connection with the standardI, when operating substantially as and for the purposes hereindescribed.

3; The adjustability of the standard I, for the pur-. pose described, incombination with the share 0, wings P, and tenonedbeam A, substantiallyas set forth.

4 4. The combination of the beam A, the unions l5-- and B, thecam-levers G and G, the handles D, the

cross-rod E, the slotted arm F, the slot G iii the same,

the slotted slide H, the standard I, the bolt and nut J, the eye andring K, the draughtrodL, the hook M, the bolt N, theshare 0, thewings P,and the braces B, when arranged, constructed, andoperating substantiallyas and for the purposes herein shown,

set forth, and described.

' SAMUEL F. SID-ELY.

Witnesses 'H. F. EBERTS,

6110. S. GLARY.

